Samira vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Samira
based on 3,266 Samira vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Samira
Advice to Win Against Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Samira vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Samira against Xayah matchup stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xayah..
Samira often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes more damage than Xayah. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Xayah
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Who is Better, Samira or Xayah?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Samira usually fairs equally well when taking on Xayah, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Samira makes an ok counter to Xayah.
While Samira does have a lower winrate than Xayah, when facing one another, Samira also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Samira into Xayah.
Moreover, Samira also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Xayah matchups, Xayah is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Samira against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Xayah. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Samira versus Xayah build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Xayah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 49.8% when countering Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Xayah as Samira, Samira players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Xayah matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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